IBM High-End Disk for Open Systems V2 Set 2

The storage specialist needs to prepare an IBM System Storage DS8800 proposal including 64 host ports. The offer needs to meet the lowest possible price. What is the minimum number of I/O Enclosure Pairs PCI-E for this configuration?

A customer has installed an IBM System Storage DS8700 with 20 TB of storage, two-way processor version, 32 GB cache, and 16 Fibre Channel ports. The customer is beginning to experience throughput performance issues. To address this performance consideration with minimal cost to the customer, which of the following should be the FIRST step to resolve the problem?

During the pre-installation planning of a customer's recently purchased IBM System Storage DS8700 the port configuration, cabling, and disk layout were discussed. What other topic should be discussed in this solution review?

A customer has an existing IBM System Storage DS8700 2-way model with 8 mega packs of 300 GB disks and 16 fibre ports. How many additional fibre ports and mega packs can be installed in the base frame?

A customer has the following non-virtualized servers:
- three Exchange servers, each with 2.8 TB database
- five System i Domino servers, each with 2 TB database
- 20 TB usable capacitySun/SAP cluster
- 70 TB usable capacity of System p requirement
- annual growth rate of 12 TB usable capacity per year
What is the most cost-effective solution for three years?

A customer has the need for performance monitoring of an IBM System Storage DS8000. Which product does the customer need?

A customer business requirement addresses data encryption implemented in tape and disk media. They plan to deploy a DS8700 to provide enterprise class storage and plan to configure the DS8700 with SSD and Fiber Channel disk drives. Which statement is TRUE regarding disk encryption?

A customer needs 40 TB for Tier 2 Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) data installed on the System z/VM. Their current data center is critically short of floor space. Which of the following would satisfy the customer requirement?

A customer has 6.5 TB with 146 GB 15k disk drives on an IBM System Storage DS8700. They want to add 15 TB using 300 GB 15k disk drives. The customer is concerned about performance and wants to know if the DS8700 has the performance capability. What is the appropriate way to model the performance?

A customer has an IBM System Storage Enterprise Storage Server and several EMC CX3 systems installed in a data center, attached to IBM System p servers. As a step toward data consolidation, they intend to put all data on a new DS8700. What would be the most important data migration factors to consider?